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The Lithium Triangle (Spanish: Triángulo del Litio) is a region of the Andes that is rich in lithium reserves, encompassed by the borders of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. [1] The lithium in the triangle is concentrated in various salt pans that exist along the Atacama Desert and neighboring arid areas. The largest areas three main salt pans ...
Most of Chile's lithium reserves are in Salar de Atacama and Salar de Maricunga, [14] and all lithium extracted in Chile as of 2023 comes from Salar de Atacama. [16] The only two lithium-extracting companies currently operating in Chile, SQM and Albemarle, have licences to extract lithium until 2030 and 2043 respectively.
Chile's Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches) per year due to lithium brine extraction, according to a study by the University of Chile. The study used ...
Located in the Lithium Triangle, Salar de Atacama is the world's largest and purest active source of lithium, [19] and contained as of 2008 27% of the world's lithium reserve base, [20] and as of 2017 provided about 36% of the world's lithium carbonate supply, [21] followed by China with 23%.
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A protest by several hundred people in northern Chile on Wednesday blocked access to the Atacama salt flat, the world's largest lithium deposit, where domestic producer SQM and ...
Chile's millennial president, Gabriel Boric, promised to mine differently. When Boric announced his ambitious plan in April to take state control over the country's lithium industry and expand ...
Chile is estimated (2020) to have the largest reserves by far (9.2 million tonnes), [56] and Australia the highest annual production (40,000 tonnes). [56] One of the largest reserve bases [note 1] of lithium is in the Salar de Uyuni area of Bolivia, which has 5.4 million tonnes. Other major suppliers include Australia, Argentina and China.
Chile had lured the companies with an enticing offer. In exchange for helping the South American country, the world's No. 2 miner of lithium, jumpstart its own EV battery industry, the firms would ...